WORD FOR WORD / Z SPACE 2027 SEASON
Z Space and Word for Word General Auditions

Z Space General Auditions Overview

Z Space and Word for Word are seeking Actors for future Z Space productions. 

Auditions: 

Wednesday, November 11  from 10 am - 4 pm, at Z Below (470 Florida St, SF)

Submit Headshot and Resume to: casting@zspace.org by November 9, 2026

Local AEA and non-AEA actors are highly encouraged to submit. 

PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to receive submissions from non-local performers but we are unfortunately unable to provide local housing or transportation assistance. 

Please see below for audition requirements. 

Both Z Space and Word for Word operate on BAT Tier II contracts. 

Audition Requirements:

Please send a resume, headshot, and prepare one monologue for an in-person audition, no more than 3 minutes.

Headshots and resumes, as well as any questions, should be emailed to casting@zspace.org 

Personnel 

Word for Word Artistic Director: JoAnne Winter 
Word for Word Associate Artistic Director: Vanessa Flores Chacko
Executive Director, Z Space: Shafer Mazow 
Curatorial Director, Z Space: Nikki Meñez 
Questions? Contact: casting@zspace.org or visit www.zspace.org 

Auditions may be reviewed and/or seen by: 

Shafer Mazow - Executive Director, Z Space 
Nikki Meñez - Curatorial Director, Z Space 
JoAnne Winter - Word for Word, Found and Co-Artistic Director 
Vanessa Flores Chacko - Word for Word, Co-Artistic Director
Word for Word Core Company Members

Word for Word Performing Arts Company performs short works of fiction, without changing a word, preserving the author’s voice and honoring their intent with inventive staging and theatrical distribution of the text. Word for Word believes in the power of the short story to provide solace, compassion, and insight into our daily lives. We bring stories from diverse cultures to our diverse communities and develop future audiences’ love for the printed and spoken word. Some of the many authors whose works we have produced include Barbara Kingsolver, Edward P. Jones, Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, Amy Tan, Colm Toíbin, Zora Neale Hurston and Lauren Groff. 

Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration, and camaraderie amongst artists, audience, and community in the service of creating, developing, and presenting new work. In addition to being home to local and international artists and organizations, Z Space develops and produces its own new work. Over the past few years, Z Space has built a national reputation for developing and producing large-scale new works that reimagine the traditional musical theater form, receiving critical acclaim for Hundred Days (The Bengsons), The Lucky Ones (The Bengsons), and Weightless (The Kilbanes). 

Z Space and Word for Word Casting Commitments 

Z Space and Word for Word’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Z Space and Word for Word are committed to diversity and encourage all its employees to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Z Space and Word for Word encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit. 

Z SPACE COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS 

All productions will follow COVID protocols as determined by Z Space in compliance with AEA infectious disease guidelines.